News Headlines | Suspended sentence for Sligo GAA star who defrauded HSE
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Cian Lally, a Sligo inter‑county Gaelic footballer and former Irish international basketball player, received a five‑year suspended prison sentence after pleading guilty to forging timesheet signatures and submitting 226 false invoices that defrauded the HSE of €84,647.71 while he was employed as an agency care worker; he personally gained about €34,000, which he used for a house deposit, and the agency settled for roughly €50,000. Lally apologized to the HSE, the Gardaí, his family and his former employer, and the court ordered him to repay the €34,000, perform community service, and donate €20,000 to charity, with the suspension lasting seven years, while he continues training to become a primary teacher.
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